Economist, Social-Economic Impact(Base in Beijing)

Join AIIB’s mission to promote sustainable infrastructure investments and to improve social and economic outcomes in Asia and beyond.

The Economics Department of AIIB has three key responsibilities: (a) strengthening the development of projects and policy-based lending in the Bank, (b) developing the Bank’s thought leadership on infrastructure and development finance, and (c) building the Bank’s external practice ecosystem to complement internal capacity to support the Bank’s operations. The department leads the Bank’s economic analysis, providing thought leadership through its annual flagship publication, Asian Infrastructure Finance, and a broad range of applied research.

• Support the Chief Economist on D&I matters, economic inclusion, and gender economics. This includes research work as well as stakeholder engagements.
• Support the Economics Department to advance research and thought leadership on socioeconomic issues and their intersection with climate change and nature, including through flagship reports, policy briefs, and technical reports.
• Conduct economic analysis on health, poverty, inequality, labor markets, social protection, and gender in order to provide inputs about the appraisal, monitoring, and impact assessment of Bank-financed projects and policy loans.
• Support the Head of Ecosystem on outreach, events, stakeholder engagements, and ad-hoc matters to build up the external research ecosystem.
• Represent the Bank in technical discussions and policy forums related to health, poverty, inequality, labor markets, social protection, and gender.
• Collaborate with other departments to further AIIB’s gender and economic inclusion agenda, both upstream and downstream.
• Work closely with other departments in the Bank to integrate social and inclusive dimensions as well as their intersection with climate change and nature into project design and reform matrices supporting policy-based lending operations.

• Advanced degree (PhD or Master’s) in economics, development economics, public policy, or other related degrees, with a focus on social development, poverty analysis, health economics, or social protection economics.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Knowledge of social and economic challenges in developing and emerging economies.
• Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience in large international organizations, universities, research institutions, think-tanks, consultancy, or financial institutions.
• Expertise and experience in development economics or relevant disciplines (e.g., health economics, inclusion economics, sustainable development). Experience in the design and implementation of project-level socioeconomic assessments, cost benefit analysis, and related work. An academic research record in development economics or policy-relevant publications would be a plus.
• Proven application and track record of professional expertise in publications, policy analysis, or contributions to development operations and economic analysis of the social aspects of development and/or infrastructure programs and projects, including in sectors such as energy, transport, water, health, climate mitigation and adaptation, and urban development.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with a proven track record of working independently and in a team setting and to adapt and work under tight deadlines and in a multicultural environment.